Inadequate Sleep More Harmful Than You Can Imagine, Says Study

What was shocking was the effect of no sleep even on the reproduction system!

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Everybody is known to the fact that less sleep makes you groggy and irritated the next morning. In fact, we’ve all had such moments every once in a while, haven’t we?

Not only do such mornings make us unproductive, it also distracts us from focusing, for that matter.

But according to a research done by a sleep expert, inadequate sleep not only causes the abovementioned but is also responsible for increased risk of heart attack, cancer, dementia and even infertility!

Pretty sure, no amount of caffeine is going to solve that now!

In a video shot for Business Insider, Mathew Walker, professor of neuroscience and psychology at the UC Berkeley, pointed out the amount of harmless sleep can do to one.

“If you're not getting enough sleep each and every night, more of that Alzheimer's-related protein will build up," Walker said.

"The more protein that builds up, the greater your risk of going on to develop dementia in later life."

What was shocking was the effect of no sleep on the reproduction system. Walker makes known that men who have a sleeping pattern of less than five to six hours a night on a daily basis have a testosterone level of a man 10 years older. Now we all can understand how that will affect your sex life!

Cancer-fighting immunity cells that float in one’s body also decrease drastically because of less sleep.

"That's the reason that we know that short sleep duration predicts your risk for developing numerous forms of cancer," Walker said.

"That list currently includes cancer of the bowel, cancer of the prostate, as well as cancer of the breast."

The direct relation between inadequate sleep and cancer has now become a matter of concern, so much so that even the World Health Organisation (WHO) classifies night shifts as a cause of the malady. So long that sassy bar job!